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Justin Taylor
@justintaylor.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Reboot: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
[CW: earnestness/indignity]
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
my interview with Watson's editor, Alane Mason, from the issue thesewaneereview.com/articles/int...
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
my interview with Watson's editor, Alane Mason, from the issue thesewaneereview.com/articles/int...
had the enormous pleasure of collaborating with my colleagues at The Sewanee Review on a full-issue tribute to the life & work of Brad Watson, which we built around the complete text of his final, unfinished novel thesewaneereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
had the enormous pleasure of collaborating with my colleagues at The Sewanee Review on a full-issue tribute to the life & work of Brad Watson, which we built around the complete text of his final, unfinished novel thesewaneereview.com
finished vol 1 of in search of lost time if you even care
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
finished vol 1 of in search of lost time if you even care
this is awesome
The annual New Stories from the South collection was one of my favorite resources for short stories. I'm thrilled that @blairpub.bsky.social is bringing it back next year.
The annual short story anthology, originally published by Algonquin from 1986 through 2010, will collect works of fiction by Southern writers or about the Southern U.S. North Carolina small press Blair will bring the anthology back starting in fall 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
this is awesome
a book so good she only had to write the one
Just learned that my former professor, friend, and mentor Stephanie Vaughn, has died. For those unaware, Stephanie's book SWEET TALK is one of the greatest American story collections, up there with the likes of JESUS' SON. This is the justly famous intro of her story "Dog Heaven"
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
a book so good she only had to write the one
beat this game in the arcade when i was 13
It rules that they made an arcade game about a dystopian police state that can only be toppled by the revolutionary spirit and dangerous lyrics of the music of Aerosmith. 1984 is solved by Love in an Elevator.
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
beat this game in the arcade when i was 13
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missed the third anniversary of Mimi Parker’s death, which I’d meant to mark by posting my Low playlist that I made after I heard the news, but I will post it late, because Low makes me want to be late to things anyway
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
missed the third anniversary of Mimi Parker’s death, which I’d meant to mark by posting my Low playlist that I made after I heard the news, but I will post it late, because Low makes me want to be late to things anyway
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
open.spotify.com/playlist/3rM...
doing the torment nexus tweet but with Matthew 24:11
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
doing the torment nexus tweet but with Matthew 24:11
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Wednesday November 12: "What About This" by Justin Taylor. "Brother, I hit my limit of being alone."
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wednesday November 12: "What About This" by Justin Taylor. "Brother, I hit my limit of being alone."
everyone in this article sounds like an NPC in Silksong
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
everyone in this article sounds like an NPC in Silksong
tfw you're headed emptyhanded toward a birthday party for a 4 year old so you put "toy store" into google maps and the nearest dot to your location is called Babeland
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
tfw you're headed emptyhanded toward a birthday party for a 4 year old so you put "toy store" into google maps and the nearest dot to your location is called Babeland
oh hey
Here are our @pushcartprize.bsky.social noms for 2025! Thanks and congrats to Sandra Dolores Gómez Amador, @fmstringer.bsky.social, @justintaylor.bsky.social, @shimmer.bsky.social, @pegahouji.bsky.social, and @tmcallister.bsky.social for this great work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
oh hey
You get past a certain point and there aren't many ways left to "debut." Well this is my BASS debut & I'm honored to be included & grateful to Celeste for choosing my story "What About This," about a guy on a Gulf Coast roadtrip after defecting from Div school
Out today: BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025, edited by... me! So so many great stories in here. I can't wait for you to discover them and their talented writers.
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You get past a certain point and there aren't many ways left to "debut." Well this is my BASS debut & I'm honored to be included & grateful to Celeste for choosing my story "What About This," about a guy on a Gulf Coast roadtrip after defecting from Div school
[CW: earnestness/indignity]
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
Reboot: A Novel
A Novel
bookshop.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
[CW: earnestness/indignity]
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
my novel is out in paperback in January. please consider it/me for any spring 2026 installment of your reading series/syllabus/podcast/interview/second serial/etc. whatever the thing is i probably want to do it.
Book details in link
That name again is Mr. Plow
here we go
salvage consultancy
"Happiness won't leave me alone!" sings the bird in his nest
my19thcentury.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
here we go
next abyss abridges tomorrow, sign up now
The Abridged Abyss | Justin Taylor | Substack
What I'm writing & where to find it. Highly occasional, always free. Click to read The Abridged Abyss, by Justin Taylor, a Substack publication.
my19thcentury.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
next abyss abridges tomorrow, sign up now
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I finally read this book last month and it's so good, incredibly fluent in online and pop culture but in a way that's not annoying, and also just really funny and propulsive and smart
paperback coming in January bookshop.org/p/books/rebo...
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I finally read this book last month and it's so good, incredibly fluent in online and pop culture but in a way that's not annoying, and also just really funny and propulsive and smart
paperback coming in January bookshop.org/p/books/rebo...
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
paperback coming in January bookshop.org/p/books/rebo...
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Mayor Quimby has been the Mayor of Springfield since 1986!
Please vote in local elections.
Please vote in local elections.
October 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Mayor Quimby has been the Mayor of Springfield since 1986!
Please vote in local elections.
Please vote in local elections.
shoulda been delillo but go off i guess
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
shoulda been delillo but go off i guess
talkin' about the new book, the old books, research habits, internet damage, language gnosticism, good music & more
Voice is the God of the Story
An Interview with Justin Taylor
joshcook.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
talkin' about the new book, the old books, research habits, internet damage, language gnosticism, good music & more
September 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Did anyone publish a novel last year about how the internet itself is an accelerator for mental illness & stochastic terror that works not just across ideological lines but as an active solvent of said lines, maybe presented in a slightly oblique way like idk a fake celebrity memoir? asking 4 friend
September 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did anyone publish a novel last year about how the internet itself is an accelerator for mental illness & stochastic terror that works not just across ideological lines but as an active solvent of said lines, maybe presented in a slightly oblique way like idk a fake celebrity memoir? asking 4 friend
if you wanna read some good criticism today read this thebaffler.com/latest/mille...
Millennial Cringe | Daniel Kolitz
A central premise of millennial life was that in exchange for accepting less—less money, less stability—one could stay young forever.
thebaffler.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
if you wanna read some good criticism today read this thebaffler.com/latest/mille...
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STEM major (smiling, well-dressed, rosy cheeked): hey, who's that bell ringing for?
English major (face stained with bitter tears, clad in filthy rags, tubercular): lol
English major (face stained with bitter tears, clad in filthy rags, tubercular): lol
May 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
STEM major (smiling, well-dressed, rosy cheeked): hey, who's that bell ringing for?
English major (face stained with bitter tears, clad in filthy rags, tubercular): lol
English major (face stained with bitter tears, clad in filthy rags, tubercular): lol